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Soundtracks to accompany art...meticulous free-form audio insights.
Medium: Sound on tape
Year: 2009
Details: One hour plus
Quentin Walston is an active composer, pianist, and founder This Is Jazz, a company dedicated to jazz appreciation and education. He performs with his jazz trio and as a solo pianist, blending memorable melodies and striking rhythms with adventurous improvisations. As an educator, Quentin gives workshops & seminars for all ages on jazz, composition, and music history, bringing a passion to jazz performance and education in any setting, classroom or concert hall.
See more information about Bri Cooper, Mezzo Soprano
Bri Cooper is a verified artist on Spotify. Her musical can be heard on Spotify as Bri Cooper and Bridgette Cooper-Anderson.
Interview on ABC Here and Now
In this captivating video, ABC's Here and Now introduces us to the indie-classical singer, Bri Cooper, a mezzo-soprano from Montgomery County, Maryland. Bri Cooper is an incredibly talented and versatile singer whose performances have received critical acclaim. In this segment, we get to witness Bri Cooper's incredible voice and stage presence as she performs some of her most popular pieces.
Details: Bio and Interview
Elaine Weiner-Reed: EVERY PAINTING IS A SONG | STORY - Ekphrastic Interdisciplinary Collaboration
Hired to record and illustrate my intent and focus of my "Every Painting Is A Story" cross-discipline creative collaborative initiative: Video by T2PTV (Ashley Love and Bruce Nairn)
See also: Creative Collaboration - Elaine Weiner-Reed's Every Painting is a Song Initiative (https://youtu.be/N4w_rIJeX-c ); 3:57 minutes
EVERY PAINTING IS A SONG | EVERY PAINTING IS A STORY
"How do my works SOUND to you? Tell me in word, song, music... in your own true voice."
In 2016 or before, visual artist Elaine Weiner-Reed began asking and wondering: "If my paintings and sculptures were music, how would they sound to you?"
From this, her cross-discipline collaboration initiative "Every Painting is a Song" was born, and over the years musicians and writers have begun to respond, intrigued with engaging creatively across the many arts. Many videos were created based on the songs, music, and poetry inspired by these artists works. This video is an overview of Weiner-Reed's initiative and a gateway to "imagining more!"
In 2018, Elaine and her artist friend, April M Rimpo, collaborated to mount a Summer 2019 two-person art show entitled "Portraits of Life: The Art of Storytelling" which led to a magical merging of creative minds "Every Painting is a Song | Every Painting is a Story." In May-June 2019, Slayton House's Bernice Kish Gallery served as multimedia-cross-discipline exhibition and performance stage.
Visual Artists Elaine Weiner-Reed and April M Rimpo are visual storytellers, exploring relationships, life, shape, and color in different ways to honor life’s journey and individuals they meet along the way. Both artists are inspired by music and musicians in different ways as interpreted in their different styles, but their visions align and converged around the idea of creative collaboration with other artistic disciplines. Believing in the positive energy created when Artists-Inspire-Artists, they took Weiner-Reed’s “Every Painting is a Song” collaboration initiative and expanded into “Every Painting is A Song/Every Painting is a Story” incorporating writers and musicians in two collaboration events at their exhibition: “Portraits of Life – The Art of Storytelling.”
In 2021, Elaine and April collaborated again in their exhibition: Portraits of Life: Once Upon a Story. Art took flight as it found alternative reflections in poetry and music. The professional poets will be honored in separate videos throughout 2022.
Elaine Weiner-Reed: https://www.elaineweinerreed.com/
See also: Creative Collaboration - Elaine Weiner-Reed's Every Painting is a Song Initiative (https://youtu.be/N4w_rIJeX-c ); 3:57 minutes
EVERY PAINTING IS A SONG | EVERY PAINTING IS A STORY
"How do my works SOUND to you? Tell me in word, song, music... in your own true voice."
In 2016 or before, visual artist Elaine Weiner-Reed began asking and wondering: "If my paintings and sculptures were music, how would they sound to you?"
From this, her cross-discipline collaboration initiative "Every Painting is a Song" was born, and over the years musicians and writers have begun to respond, intrigued with engaging creatively across the many arts. Many videos were created based on the songs, music, and poetry inspired by these artists works. This video is an overview of Weiner-Reed's initiative and a gateway to "imagining more!"
In 2018, Elaine and her artist friend, April M Rimpo, collaborated to mount a Summer 2019 two-person art show entitled "Portraits of Life: The Art of Storytelling" which led to a magical merging of creative minds "Every Painting is a Song | Every Painting is a Story." In May-June 2019, Slayton House's Bernice Kish Gallery served as multimedia-cross-discipline exhibition and performance stage.
Visual Artists Elaine Weiner-Reed and April M Rimpo are visual storytellers, exploring relationships, life, shape, and color in different ways to honor life’s journey and individuals they meet along the way. Both artists are inspired by music and musicians in different ways as interpreted in their different styles, but their visions align and converged around the idea of creative collaboration with other artistic disciplines. Believing in the positive energy created when Artists-Inspire-Artists, they took Weiner-Reed’s “Every Painting is a Song” collaboration initiative and expanded into “Every Painting is A Song/Every Painting is a Story” incorporating writers and musicians in two collaboration events at their exhibition: “Portraits of Life – The Art of Storytelling.”
In 2021, Elaine and April collaborated again in their exhibition: Portraits of Life: Once Upon a Story. Art took flight as it found alternative reflections in poetry and music. The professional poets will be honored in separate videos throughout 2022.
Elaine Weiner-Reed: https://www.elaineweinerreed.com/
Medium: Video (artwork, poets, and artist)
Year: 2022
Details: 10:41 minutes
Award-winning classical singer, Bri Cooper is a talented Mezzo Soprano known for her captivating performances and powerful voice. Over the years, Bri has honed her skills and built a reputation as one of the most talented and versatile mezzo-sopranos in the industry. She has performed in a wide range of productions, including operas, concerts, and musical theater productions. Her performances are known for their emotional depth, technical precision, and powerful stage presence.
See more information about MY REALITY AS A MAKER
This track is from my CD "Auntie Afrika . It is also the soundtrack for my video, "Heritage Boxes My Reality" (https://youtu.be/ySher9Kgoc8). The video shows examples of my Heritage Boxes, and students from college level classes. Heritage.
Originally, the lyrics were a part of my dissertation for the first doctoral degree given by The Ohio State University that combined Art and Anthropology (Art Education). The CD was published in 2011. I self-taught the use of the GarageBand software and created all the music and voices digitally. The photo depicts my showing elementary level art students how I did it. After class they returned and wanted to know more details.
Originally, the lyrics were a part of my dissertation for the first doctoral degree given by The Ohio State University that combined Art and Anthropology (Art Education). The CD was published in 2011. I self-taught the use of the GarageBand software and created all the music and voices digitally. The photo depicts my showing elementary level art students how I did it. After class they returned and wanted to know more details.
Medium: CD
Year: 2011
Details: 6 minutes 50 seconds
See more information about Dance of Freedom
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Val Smalkin produced an album of songs with lyrics written by 6 teens at the Maryland School for the Blind. Artists from across the nation donated their time and talent to this project. Kenny Curtis is Sirius/XM's Kids channel said: “Life Beyond Sight is a collection of powerful songs that will make you listen close and sing out loud. From the moving and powerful “Not with My Eyes” to the joyous chorus of “Dance of Freedom,” these are songs that don’t merely “ring true,” they speak – no they SHOUT – with a clarity and honesty that is impactful in a whole new way. These are wonderful, empowering songs, for sure, but be prepared to feel a little uncomfortable at times. There’s a courageous honesty from both the songs and the singers that helps them share their unique experience in ways that we all can relate to. Most of us can only imagine what it’s like to not be able to see -- but each of us knows what it’s like to feel unseen in some way.”
Medium: Audio
Year: 2022
Details: 2:52